Article: For some anglers, risk of getting wet isn't reason enough to give up.

Byline: Sam Cook

FRENCH RIVER, Minn. _ The primary goal of ice anglers at the mouth of the French River recently was to avoid joining the trout swimming below.

The possibility of falling through the ice was real.

About 15 anglers were clustered on a thin skim of Lake Superior ice about 20 feet from the river's open water. The ice in most places was just 1 inch thick.

But later the near-shore ice was gone and Kamloops anglers were fishing open water from shore. It's difficult to say whether the lake will remain open or the ice will blow back to shore.

Just a couple of weeks ago, anglers had been casting from shore to catch the ...

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